Island of the Blue Dolphins: An Instructional Guide for Literature

ISBN: 9781425889814

Grades:

4-8

Pages:

72

DESCRIPTION:

Follow the story of a young girl stranded for years on an island off the California coast. Island of the Blue Dolphins: An Instructional Guide for Literature features rigorous and engaging lessons and activities to aid in students' comprehension and analysis. These appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities were written to support the Common Core State Standards and incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. Each lesson and activity work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more. Add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature with this essential resource!

Assessing Comprehension Thinking Strategies

Grade: 1-8

Interest Level: 1-8

ISBN: 9781425804367

Price: $29.99

This book offers a unique way of assessing how students use thinking strategies to comprehend text and features four reading passages for each grade level (1-8) that offer high-interest fiction and nonfiction text.

Idioms and Other English Expressions Grades 4-6

Grade: 4-6

Interest Level: 4-6

ISBN: 9781425801595

Price: $24.99

Introduce idioms and effectively incorporate them into your language and writing instruction. The idioms and expressions included in this resource are provided within stories to provide contest to help all students, including English language learners.

The 5Es of Inquiry-Based Science

Grade: K-12

Interest Level: K-12

ISBN: 9781425806897

Price: $29.99

Create an active learning environment in grades K-12 using the 5E inquiry-based science model! Featuring a practical guide to implementing the 5E model of instruction, this resource clearly explains each "E" in the 5E model of inquiry-based science.

Integrating Technology into the Curriculum 2nd Edition

Grade: K-12

Interest Level: K-12

ISBN: 9781425811921

Price: $29.99

This updated, second edition resource provides teachers with classroom-tested ideas and resources to enhance instruction and help make the integration of technology into the classroom a seamless process.

Primary Source Fluency Activities: My Community Then and Now

Grade: 1-3

Interest Level: 1-3

ISBN: 9781425803681

Price: $29.99

Learn about local government, community jobs, and government leaders through primary source documents. Help students develop fluent and meaningful oral reading, and develop vocabulary and word decoding skills.